Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to hit
2. to expose
3. to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
4. to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
5. to guess (an answer)
6. to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
Kanji used
hit (the target)
Pitch accent
てる
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
to push (something) against
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
Examples (16 in total)
Can you guess the price?
I want to win the lottery!
Guess who won.
I put my finger to my lips.
I hit the mark with the arrow.
He put his hand to his forehead.
I put the receiver to my ear.
Guess what he told me.
I always raise my hand, but the teacher never calls on me.
They exposed the books to the sun.
The doctor placed a stethoscope on the patient's chest.
Don't expose the plant to direct sunlight.
The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
He put his finger to his lips as a sign to be quiet.
The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.
I put in an hour of jogging before I go to school.